Greetings in Indonesian

Greeting is an activity that is very common we do. almost every day we do it. with a greeting will strengthen our relationship with the other person. here is a greeting that can help you in speaking indonesian language.

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lets try this greeting to memorized

Greetings in Bahasa	Meaning
Halo	Hello
Selamat Pagi	Good Morning
Selamat Sore	Good Evening
Selamat Malam	Good Night
Apa Kabar	How are you?
Sangat Baik	Very Well

("Hello" in Indonesian language "halo")  halo is used when speaking on the telephone, Indonesian people more often use  ("Hi" in indoenesian language "Hai")  to greet when face to face. after that just added word good morning / afternoon / evening / night. we can also say assalamualaikum to greet someone as well as pray for salvation and welfare to the other person. the answer of assalamualaikum is waalaikumussalam or waalaikum salam

Sample greetings in Indonesian

Sample greetings 1.

Greeting: Hai Assalamualaikum Pak Arief                  hi Assalamualaikum Mr Arief
Answer : Hai Waalaikum Salam Pak Budi                 Hi   Walalaikum salam Mr budi
Greeting : Apa kabar pak?                  how are you?
Answer : Alhamdulillah, Sangat Baik                 Thanks to Allah, Very Well                  

Sample greetings 2.

Greeting: Hai (Embak) Rahma Selamat Pagi/siang/sore/malam.                  hi (older sister) Rahma good morning/afternoon/evening/night.
Answer : Hai (adek ku) Selamat Pagi/siang/sore/malam.                 Hi (my young sister) Selamat Pagi/siang/sore/malam.
Greeting : Bagaimana Kabarnya adek ku?                  how are you my young sister?
Answer : Alhamdulillah, Aku Sehat                 Thanks to Allah, I'm fine in Indonesia is very respectful of age differences. when we call our daughters with "adek" calls, it shows our affection to hers. it would be rude to call an elder without  (Pak /Bapak) to a man of the same age as our father and (Bu/Ibu) to a woman of our mother's age. to see how to call other people with age difference click here.

the above sentence is an example of a greeting with people we already know. what if we do not know him? I will give an example of how to get acquainted. This is how to get acquainted
Klik on Classroom Expressions in Indonesian
hai assalamualaikum
hi assalamualaikum Nama saya arief                    //introduce name
My Name is Arief Siapa Nama mu?                   //asking name
What is your name
Sampai Jumpa besok See you tomorrow
Selamat tinggal good bye
Senang Berkenalan dengan anda pleasure to know you
to know how to meet other people more complete click here.

Next step

after greeting, usually in Indonesia we ask the situation of the person closest to the person we are talking to

Bagaimana kabar Ibu mu?

How's your mother

Bagaimana kabar istri anda?

how's your wife

Bagaimana kabar ayah anda?

how's your wife

Bagaimana kabar anak laki laki anda?

how's your son

the answer 

Ibu ku baik baik saja
Ibu ku sehat
Alhamdulillah ibu sehat
ibu ku sehat wal afiat
ibu ku segar bugar

all of them mean (my mother very well)

after that you can give your wishes of the person closest to the person we are talking to

Tolong sampaikan salam ku pada ibu mu

please give her my best wishes

the last say goodbye in indonesian language

Sampai jumpa,

Selamat jalan,

Selamat tinggal

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the other expresion

Sampai jumpa nanti

See you later

Sampai jumpa besok

See you tomorrow

Sampai nanti malam

See you to night